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Why can't America have a public health care? They have public post service USPS..
by flamedoge 9y ago
Why can't America have a public health care? They have public post service USPS..
- jlgaddis 9y agoToo many politicians receiving lobbying money.
- closeparen 9y agoBecause it is a democracy, and an electoral majority of the country vehemently opposes it.
- melling 9y agoThe Post Office usually loses money: http://thehill.com/policy/finance/306224-us-postal-services-posts-56b-loss-for-2016 http://thehill.com/policy/finance/306224-us-postal-services-... I don’t know the right answer but starting with a good system that works seems like a good idea. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Switzerland https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Switzerland
- gaius 9y agoIf I were building a healthcare system, I'd be looking to France/Germany for a role model
- thedarkproject 9y agoSwitzerland's health care systems beats those by a mile. Every expat who knows these countries can confirm this.
- Frondo 9y agoFine. Public transit usually loses money, too. I'm OK with all of that, because they're public goods, they're things that make life better for everyone in the city/county/region/country. I don't expect government entities to make a profit; as long as they're run reasonably well (and they usually are), well, that's what taxes are for.
- darpa_escapee 9y agoKey point from the article in your post: > Controllable income, which takes into account operational expenses including compensation and benefits, excludes the $5.8 billion payment mandated by the government to prefund the agency's retirement benefits. > > Excluding the obligation, the Postal Service would have recorded net income of about $200 million in 2016.